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Vietnam, Under Tariff Pressure, OKs $1.5B Trump Development

Family company is also exploring building a skyscraper in Ho Chi Minh City

(Newser) - Just before beginning negotiations to avert President Trump's imposition of a 46% tariff, Vietnam has approved a $1.5 billion plan by the Trump Organization to build golf courses, hotels, and other projects there. The US trade deficit with Vietnam hit $123 billion in 2024, partly driven by imports...

Forged Document Was Used to Approve Trump Hotel in Europe

Plans to transform former Yugoslav Defense Ministry building in Belgrade now up in the air

(Newser) - Plans for the first Trump International Hotel in Europe have been thrown into question after Serbian officials admitted the paperwork clearing the way for the project was forged. With political backlash mounting and legal charges filed, the future of the $500 million development, led by President Trump's son-in-law,...

Despite Ethics Pledges, Trump Organization Cuts Foreign Deal

Company owned by Qatari government is involved in resort, as is a Saudi firm

(Newser) - The Trump family company struck a deal Wednesday to build a luxury golf resort in Qatar, an indication that it has no plans to hold back from foreign dealmaking during a second Trump administration, despite concerns that a president might shape US public policy for personal financial gain. The project,...

Trump Organization to Allow Deals With Foreign Companies

Family business releases ethics pledges for second term

(Newser) - The Trump family business released a voluntary ethics agreement Friday that allows it to strike deals with private foreign companies, a move that could help outside actors try to buy influence with the new administration. The so-called ethics white paper bars the Trump Organization from making deals directly with foreign...

Cybertruck Explodes at Trump Hotel in Las Vegas

One person is killed, seven injured after vehicle catches fire

(Newser) - One person was killed and several injured Wednesday when a Tesla Cybertruck burst into flames and exploded near the entrance to the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas. The victim was in the vehicle, NBC News reports, while the injured were nearby. Two people were treated at a hospital. The...

Former Trump Org CFO Leaves Rikers
Former Trump Org
CFO Leaves Rikers
Jul 19, 2024 10:47 AM CDT

Former Trump Org CFO Leaves Rikers

Allen Weisselberg was convicted of perjury amid Trump's civil fraud case

(Newser) - Retired Trump Organization executive Allen Weisselberg was released from New York City's Rikers Island jail on Friday after serving a sentence for lying under oath , online records show, per the AP . The former chief financial officer at Donald Trump's real estate company pleaded guilty in March to committing...

'Trump Force One' Gets Into Fender Bender at Airport

The Boeing 757 clipped a VistaJet in West Palm Beach, Florida; not clear if Trump was on board

(Newser) - Donald Trump's private plane had a seemingly minor mishap in Florida over the weekend. WFLA reports that on Sunday, a Boeing 757 with the registration number N757AF clipped an empty private jet parked at West Palm Beach International Airport, with an FAA notice announcing the moving plane was taxiing...

Former Trump CFO Pleads Guilty to Perjury
Former Trump CFO
Gets Second Jail Term
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Apr 10, 2024 8:59 AM CDT

Former Trump CFO Gets Second Jail Term

Allen Weisselberg will serve 5 months in prison for perjury in his boss' civil fraud trial

(Newser) - Allen Weisselberg, a retired executive in Donald Trump's real estate empire, received his expected sentence of five months in jail Wednesday for lying under oath during the civil fraud lawsuit brought against Trump in New York. Weisselberg pleaded guilty last month to two counts of perjury in connection with...

New Yorkers, Say Goodbye to This Sign
New Yorkers, Say
Goodbye to This Sign
Jan 12, 2024 11:13 AM CST

New Yorkers, Say Goodbye to This Sign

'Trump Links' golf course has become 'Bally Links' in the Bronx

(Newser) - On the final day of a civil fraud trial that could strip former President Trump of his ability to do business in the state he called home for most of his life, New York City officials were taking their own steps to sever ties with Trump by erasing his name...

In Reversal, Trump Decides Not to Testify Again

Former president won't take the stand for the defense in New York civil fraud trial

(Newser) - Former President Trump was originally set to testify Monday in his civil fraud trial, but Sunday afternoon he posted to Truth Social that he would not be, adding, "ALREADY TESTIFIED TO EVERYTHING & HAVE NOTHING MORE TO SAY." Prior to the 180, he was to be the last...

Trump Asks 'Biased' Judge to Grant Mistrial in Fraud Case

Judge Arthur Engoron is unlikely to side with the former president

(Newser) - Seven weeks into his civil fraud case, Donald Trump is seeking a mistrial. The former president, sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, the Trump Organization, and the company's top executives on Wednesday submitted a 30-page filing in Manhattan Supreme Court that argued the conduct of presiding Judge Arthur...

Trump Attorney Tears Into 'Unhinged' Judge in Trial

Alina Habba complains about being ordered to sit down in court

(Newser) - It wasn't just former President Trump ranting to reporters amid his day of testifying in the Trump Organization fraud trial: One of his attorneys did the same. During a break in Trump's testimony, lawyer Alina Habba spoke to journalists outside the courtroom and called the judge in the...

What to Watch as Trump Takes the Stand

All eyes on the former president's demeanor as he appears in New York courtroom Monday

(Newser) - The star witness in the civil fraud case against Donald Trump's business empire takes the stand Monday—Trump himself. Expect the former president to be grilled on relatively mundane aspects of his role in the Trump Organization, including how much he was involved in the preparation of financial statements...

Eric Trump Has Testy Moment on the Stand

He and brother Donald Jr. deny any role in inaccurate financial statements

(Newser) - Both of Donald Trump's eldest sons were on the stand Thursday in the financial fraud case in New York against the family business. Eric and Donald Jr., who ran the Trump Organization while their father was president, separately denied firsthand knowledge of inaccurate financial statements about the firm. A...

Ivanka Ordered to Testify at Trump's Fraud Trial
Ivanka Trump
Will Have to Testify
Oct 27, 2023 11:11 AM CDT

Ivanka Trump Will Have to Testify

Judge sides with NY prosecutors who argued former first daughter has relevant information

(Newser) - Ivanka Trump will have to take the witness stand in the civil fraud case against her father, her brothers, and the family business, a judge ruled Friday, per the AP . The ruling came weeks into the trial of New York Attorney General Letitia James' lawsuit against former President Trump, sons...

Judge Temporarily Blocks Dissolution of Trump Entities

But appellate judge also refuses Trump's request to halt $250 million civil fraud trial

(Newser) - A New York appellate judge's order to cancel some of Donald Trump's business licenses has been temporarily blocked. CNN reports that the Friday ruling by Associate Justice Peter Moulton gives the Trump Organization and other business entities owned by the former president at least a month's reprieve,...

Trump Deposition: I Was Too Busy as President to Commit Fraud
See What Trump
Talked About
in His 7-Hour
Deposition
THE RUNDOWN
Aug 31, 2023 7:45 AM CDT

See What Trump Talked About in His 7-Hour Deposition

In transcript from April sit-down with New York AG, Trump claims he saved 'millions' from nuclear war

(Newser) - The civil fraud suit against former President Trump brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James is set to head to trial in October, and now the transcript from his April deposition in that case is revealing what Trump said during his seven-hour interview by James' team. The New York ...

NY AG: Judge Should Rule Trump Committed Fraud Now

Letitia James is seeking a partial summary judgment in the case

(Newser) - As he gears up for his criminal trials, former President Trump is set to first face a civil trial in New York on Oct. 2. But State Attorney General Letitia James on Wednesday argued in a court filing that Trump's fraud is so staggering a trial isn't even...

Trump Organization Settles Cohen's Suit Over Legal Bills
Trump's Company, Cohen Settle
Jul 21, 2023 2:45 PM CDT

Trump's Company, Cohen Settle

Lawsuit over legal bills could have put former president's son on the stand

(Newser) - Donald Trump's company and his former longtime lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen have settled a lawsuit over Cohen's claims that he was unfairly stuck with big legal bills after becoming entangled in investigations into the former president. Lawyers for the two sides disclosed the settlement during a video...

NY AG: Trumps Stalling on Documents—Especially Ivanka

Letitia James' office says former president, kids are hanging on to relevant correspondence in civil case

(Newser) - Last year, former President Trump was held in contempt of court and ordered to pay a $110,000 fine for not complying with a subpoena from the New York attorney general's office in a civil complaint against him. Now, the office of DA Letitia James is slamming Trump, the...

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